Fastening device



JACK MILLER AND JOHN MILLER.

- FASTENING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JULY I. 1919.

1 347 705 Patented July 27, 1920.

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JACK MILLER AND JOHN MILLER, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

FASTENING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JACK MILLER and JOHN MILLER, both subjects of the King'of Great Britain, and both residents of the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastening Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in garment bands and the objectis to provide an inexpensive, durable and e'flicient band for adjustably fastening garments at the knee, wrist or waist.

A further object is to provide a fastening A device which is invisible when the garment is being worn. The device consists briefly of a strip of material having a plurality of eye-lets therein toward each end and adjacent one edge, the strip being folded to cover the eyelets. A short tongue of material is secured intermediate its ends to one end of the strip in line with the eye-lets, and is providedat each end with a hook adapted to enter the eye-lets and connect the two ends of the strip.

In the drawings which illustrate the invention;

Figure 1 is a plan view of the complete device, unfolded.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged edge elevation of the device in operative position.

Fig. 3 is an edge elevation illustrating a modified construction. Referring more particularly to the drawings, 11 designates a strip of suitable material having a central longitudinally disposed fold 12 dividing the strip into outer and inner portions 13 and 1 1 respectively. The inner portion is provided toward the ends with a plurality of apertures 15 and 16 which may be reinforced by eye-lets or other binding. A short length 17 of tape, preferably of elastic construction, is secured intermediate its ends to that end of the strip 11 adjacent the apertures 15 and in line with the apertures. The ends of the tape 17 are provided with hook members 18 and 19. The hook 18 is adapted to engage in any one of the apertures 15 and the other hook 19 is adapted to engage in the apertures 16 at the opposite end of the strip when the ends of the strip are brought together. The device as shown in Fig. 1 is applied to a garment by folding the strip along the line i v Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J l 27 1920 Application filed Jur -1. 1919. Serial No. 308,015. I

12 so that its opposite long edges are brought together. These edges are secured to a gar-- ment edge, the strip being so disposed that the portion 13 is turned outwardly and the portion 14 inwardly, with the result that the apertures 15 and 16 and tape 17 are concealed within the garment.

The wearer operates the device to close a garment band by placing the hook 18 in one of the adjacent apertures 15 where it remains permanently until a fresh adjustment is required, the ends of the band are then brought together and the hook 19 slipped into one of the apertures 16. When it is desired to tighten orloosen the band either or both of the hooks may be shifted to another aperture. The hooks and their connecting'tape serve to connect the ends of the band and the attachment of the tape to the strip is purely to guard against loss.

The tape 17 may be secured directly to the strip 11 or by means of an intermediate len th of tape 20, shown in Fig. 3.

fiaving thus described our invention, what we claim is l. A garment band presenting outer and inner plies spaced apart to provide an intervening pocket, the inner ply of the band being apertured adjacent each end thereof, and a fastening device for the ends of the band having hooked ends adapted to be inserted through the openings in the band ends and concealed from view in the pocket by the outer ply of the band.

2. A garment band presenting outer and inner plies spaced apart to provide an intervening pocket, the inner ply being provided adjacent each end with apertures opening into said pocket, and an elastic fastening device for drawing the adjacent band ends together having hooked extremities engageable with the opening in the ends of said inner ply and concealed from view within said pocket.

3. A garment band comprising a strip of material apertured adjacent each'end thereof, a fastening device having hooked extremities adapted to enter the band apertures to connect the band ends and to be disengaged from said apertures to release the band ends, and a connection between the band and the intermediate portion of the fastening device, preventing complete separation of the fastening device from the band while permitting the necessary movement of the fastening device relative to the band for engaging and disengaging the hooked extremities of the fastening device with the band apertures.

4. A garment band having outer and inner plies spaced apart to provide an intervening pocket, said inner ply being provided adjacent each end thereof with apertures opening into said pocket andan elastic tape having hooked extremities adapted to enter the band openings to connect the band ends and 'to drawsaid ends together, said tape beingj'connected intermediate its ends to one of the band'ends. V

5. A garment band comprising astrip of material folded at its longitudinal center to provide inner and outer plies and an intervening pocket, said strip being provided toward each end-of itsinner ply with apertures,

v and actape secured intermediate its ends to one end of the inner ply of said band and hooks secured to the ends ofsaid tape and adapted for engagement with the apertures JACK MILLER. JOHN MILLER. 

